IPhoto Shared Database?

[mrfrosty]

In IPhoto is there any way to have a shared database?

For example, my wife uses IPhoto to import photo's under her ID. I do the same with my ID and obviously they are stored seperately.

It would be much better for us if it were just a single database such that she can see mine and I can see hers......so to speak...

 

[Phil A.]

In IPhoto is there any way to have a shared database?

For example, my wife uses IPhoto to import photo's under her ID. I do the same with my ID and obviously they are stored seperately.

It would be much better for us if it were just a single database such that she can see mine and I can see hers......so to speak...

I've never tried it, but if there isn't an iPhoto database in your pictures folder you get prompted to create or open an existing database. Maybe if you copied the database to a location on the disk where you both have access (try creating a folder from the root of Macintosh HD and setting the permissions to give you both full access), you could both select it when starting up iPhoto.
As I said, I've not actually tried this so it's all theory!

 

[theBB]

If you have iPhoto '06, then you can tell iPhoto not to copy pictures when you import them. Just place your photos in a folder that both of you can access and drag and drop them into your iPhoto albums. Each of you will end up with different albums and what not, but you won't need two sets of the same pictures.

 

[Abstract]

That, or use iPhoto Buddy. You can even have multiple libraries, some of which don't even have to be on your HD. It can be on an external HD.

I have 3 libraries.